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'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930' [77v] (161/483)
The record is made up of 1 file (229 folios). It was created in c 1930-c 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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128
Inland Telegrams.
(3) Telegrams can be re-directed for onward transmission by post
without further charge.
(4) Should the sender, upon being informed that his telegram
cannot be delivered because the addressee is unknown, require the
telegram to be presented at second time at the same address, or re
directed to another address in the same town, he must pay a further
fee of Re. 1/-. If however, he redirects it to an address in a different
town, he must pay the full inland rate for the re-transmission. Should
it appear that the necessity for the further trial, or for the re-direction
to a different address, arose from any fault of the Post Office, the extra
charge will be refunded on application being made to the Director
General of Postsand Telegraphs
307.—Cancelling Telegrams.
The sender may have his telegram cancelled, and if it be cancelled
before the commencement of transmission the sum paid will be returned
at the time, less a fee of 5 annas for cancelling it ; but if transmission
has commenced, the sum will not be returned. It transmission has
been completed, an official telegram, prepaid by the sender, will be sent
to the Postmaster, at the Terminal Office. If the official telegram should
arrive too late, the sender will be informed that the attempt to cancel
his telegram has failed, but the sums paid will not be refunded.
308 —Interruption of Communication.
When communication is interrupted so that a telegram cannot be
transmitted, notice is given to the sender, together, if practicable, with
a statement of the cost of delivery by special means ; and on payment
of such cost the telegram will be delivered. If, however, the sender
prefers to cancel the telegram, the amount paid will be returned, on
application to the local Postmaster, at any time within three calendar
months. If the sender cannot be found, or declines to cancel the
telegram, or to pay for the delivery, it will be delivered without extra
charge by post.
309—Miscellaneous Regulations.
If the addressee is known to the messenger,
delivered wherever the messenger may meet him
place of meeting is within the free delivery area, no
porterage : but, if beyond, porterage is charged at
far as the point of meeting.
a telegram may f' e
on the road. If the
charge is made for
the ordinary rate as
(2) The name and address of the sender of a telegram, if not to be
telegraphed, should be written at the foot of the form, so that in the
event of nondelivery the sender may be advised.
(3) The sender may have instructions, such as ’confidential
“tobe opened at once,’’or the like written on the outside o
the envelope of the message. The instructions will be charged ioi
as part of the message.
About this item
- Content
Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq.
Key chapters in the volume cover:
- Inland post
- Foreign post
- Foreign parcel post
- Money orders
- Official post articles
- Railway post letters
- Telegraphs.
There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These contain amendments suggested to the parcel postage section; their author and date are unknown.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (229 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s contents are arranged into eight sections. Contents pages (ff 6-9) lists the chapters, and refer to page numbers.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 231; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/4114B
- Title
- 'Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide 1930'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:20r, 20ar, 20v:24r, 24ar, 24v, 25ar, 25r:74v, 75ar:75bv, 75r:80v, 81ar, 81r, 81av, 81v, 82ar, 82r, 82av, 82v:140r, 140ar, 140v, 141ar, 141r, 141av, 141v, 142ar, 142r:156r, 156ar, 156v, 157ar, 157r:159v, 160ar, 160r, 160av, 160v:199v, 200ar, 200r, 200av, 200v:231v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence